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Juan Pedro TomásJLL estimates that AI-related uses could account for about half of total data center capacity by the end of the decade In sum – what to know: Global capacity set to nearly double – Data center capacity is projected to grow from 103 GW to 200 GW by 2030, with AI workloads making up around half of total demand. Investment …
The acquisition aligns with SoftBank’s long-term ambition to support artificial super intelligence by securing the infrastructure required to train and operate AI models globally In sum – what to know: SoftBank deepens AI infrastructure strategy – The $4B acquisition adds data centers, towers and fiber assets critical to scaling global AI platforms. DigitalBridge remains operationally independent – The firm will …
Susana SchwartzEditor’s note: preceding the AI Infrastructure Forum, now available on-demand, Shawn Rosemarin, vice president of R&D – Customer Engineering at Pure Storage, spoke to RCR Tech about the difference between AI factories and general-purpose data centers — and why AI data-readiness is the critical prerequisite for both. From general-purpose data centers to AI factoriesUnlike general-purpose data centers, AI factories are …
GlobalData argues that ocean-based and off-planet data centers could help relieve the growing energy demand driven by AI-scale compute In sum – what to know: Relief for AI-scale energy demand – Underwater and floating data centers provide natural cooling, access to renewables, and reduced land requirements, easing pressure on terrestrial infrastructure. China advances commercial underwater deployments – A new 24 …
Sulagna Saha Broadcom and Rohde & Schwarz are teaming up once again, this time to test and validate early Wi-Fi 8 chips, after the chipmaker launched the first Wi-Fi 8 silicon solutions ahead of schedule in October In sum — what to know: Broadcom validates R&S’ CMP180 — Broadcom confirms that R&S CMP180 Series radio communication tester can support testing of Wi-Fi-8 …
Sulagna Saha The software-based solution evaluates communication quality between applications in virtualized environments, providing visualization from field to cloud working with Anritsu’s Network Master Pro hardware In sum — What to know A virtual network test solution: Anritsu launched Virtual Network Master for AWS environments. Monitoring KPIs: The solution evaluates key network performance indicators like latency, jitters, throughout, and packet loss rate. …
Sulagna Saha The Silicon Valley company is set to cut approximately 2000 jobs worldwide as it looks to redirect investment towards high-growth opportunities. In sum — what to know: Estimated timeline: Synopsys expects most layoffs to take effect in fiscal 2026. Broader restructuring efforts: The plan also includes closing certain sites. Near-term goal: The company will focus on capitalizing highest-growth opportunities and …
Sulagna Saha The device, small enough to fit on the back of a smartphone, will provide field technicians visibility into all potential bottlenecks and advise on how to resolve them in a single site visit In sum — what to know: A new hardware tool for ISPs and enterprises — Ookla introduced a new handheld network diagnostic tool to help ISPs and …
Sean Kinney One stop at a time Author’s note: I’m one of those AuDHD people you encounter in tech, media and tech media. CES and Las Vegas are exhausting, but I wanted to get this written while still having some fun. So, I landed on a format where I write a section, have a drink, take the monorail one stop, then repeat. …
Christian de LooperYou don’t have to own the hardware for AI. But should you? Every organization building with AI eventually has to decide whether to own the hardware or rent it. This isn’t necessarily always a financial calculation. It touches data security, talent pipelines, hardware obsolescence, and the fundamentally unpredictable nature of AI workloads. A startup spinning up its first large language …
Will open-source chips democratize the industry? In the early 1990s, a Finnish student named Linus Torvalds released a free operating system kernel called Linux. This new operating system, together with projects like Apache, proved that collaborative, open-source development could produce software that competes with and surpasses propriety alternatives. These days, Linux runs on everything from smartphones to supercomputers, and open-source …
Non-exclusive agreement transfers key talent and technology while Groq remains independent In sum – what we know: Nvidia and chip startup Groq have announced a non-exclusive licensing agreement reportedly worth around $20 billion. The announcement turned heads immediately — not just because of the price tag, which clocks in at nearly three times Groq’s $6.9 billion valuation from just months earlier, but …
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